Building form



Oct. 20, 1925- F. L. DECKER BUILDING FORM Original Filed June 21, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

.2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Oct. 20, 1925. 1,558,247

F. L. DECKER BUILDING FORM Original Filed June 2l 1924 2 Sheeis-Sheet 2 e538)" INVENTOR ATTOR N EY WITNESS:

Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,558,247 PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK L. DECKER, OF KIMBLE, PENNSYLVAN IA.

BUILDING FORM.

Original application filed June 21, 1924, Serial No.'721,542. Divided and this application .filed January 21, 1925. Serial No. 3,858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. Dneiucn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kimble, in the county of Pike and State of Pennsylvania, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Building Forms, of which. the following is a specification.

'This is a divisionfrom my co-pending application, Serial No. 721,542, upon improved building forms, filed June 21, 1924.

mentioned application has reference to a building construction in which grooved stone or concrete slabs are held in spaced relation to provide the inner and outer walls of a building, and in which mortar is delivered through the holding means between the joints of the slabs. V

My present invention has reference to a similar construction, but is designed to provide a means whereby the concrete or stone slabs may be employed as a facin for build--.

ings already erected and in whic the slabs are held in vertical courses by a metal superstructure which provides a means for directing mortar between the joints of the slabs, and also provides a mold for holdip the set mortar against the joints of the s a s.

The drawings which accompany and form part of this a plication, illustrate a satisfactory embod iment of the improvement, and wherein Fi we 1 is a side elevation of a wooden buil ing refaced in accordance with this invention; I f

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional View approximately 011 the line 2 2 of Figure 1. *igure 3 is averticfil transverse sectional view approximately on the line 3.3 of Figure Figure 4 is a perspective view-of one of the horizontal "tical plates.

Figure 5 is a similar view of another horizontal plate employed.

Figure 6 is a erspective view of one of the inner'wall p ates;

Figure .7 isa similar view of one of the spacer plates. 4

My invention contemplates a meanswhere by a slab face may be arranged upon a frame building construction. The siding of the building is taken oil", and there are secured to the uprights orstudding courses of horizontally disposed plates 31. The inner plates which connect the ver-' edges of these plates are formed with up turned flanges 32, and these flanges are connected directly to the building structure edges of the plates are flanged, as at The plates at the said flangcdends are s litted both longitudinally and transversely,

and the metal bounded by these slits provides spaced flanges 36 disposed at an opposite angle to the flanges 35 and with lugs or flanges37.

The upper and lower plates employed are of a construction as above described-but the upper plate is centrally formed with a substantially rectangular opening 37 and with slots 38 at the sides of the opening. The lower plate is provided with slots 39 designed to align with the slots 38. The flanges 35 and 36 are received in the grooves in the superimposed slabs, the lugs 37 spacing the said slabs so that mortar can enter the grooves.

To provide a directing element for the mortar, I employ a channeled member broadly indicated by the numeral 40 and substantially similar to the channeled members 3. This member 40 has its sides provided with upper tongues 41 and lower tongues 43. The member in a line with the inner edges of its tongues has upper-slots 43 andlower slots 44: The channeled members are straddled by spaced angle arms 4545 provided with angle ends 46 of spacer plates 47. The arms of the spacer plates enter the lower slots 44 and may also, if desired, enter the upper slots 43 of the members 40. The lower tongues 43 pass through the slots. 39 of the lower plates 31, andthe tongues 41 pass through the slots 38 of the upper; plates 31. The spacer bars are in the nature of right angular members, and at a distance from their-arms 45, are

- provided with'oppositely directed arms 48.

These arms may contact with the building 33. The outerhorizontal flanged portion 49- of the s'pacerplate is preferably formed with an'upstanding flange 50 to catch the mortar poured through the opening 37. The ends of the spacer plate are also provided with downwardly directed fingers 51 to be received in the slots of the adjacent channeled members 40.

.With a construction as above described,

it will be noted that a block facing may be readilyapplied to an old frame building construction with a minimum amount of labor and material.-

The metal superstructure remains a part of the building construction and it will be apparent that mortar poured in the channeled portions thereof will enter both the vertical and longitudinal grooves between the slabs to efiectively secure the slabs together. The mortar is preferably, but not necessarily, in the nature of a cement mixture so that when the same hardens it becomes concrete, and the superstructure provides a mold for holding such mortar or concrete when set.

While it is believed that the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings, will fully set forth the details of my construction and the advantages thereof, it is to be understood that I am not to be restricted to the precise structural de tails disclosed, but am entitled to all such changes therefrom as fairly fall within the scope of what I claim.

Hating described the invention, I claim A means for re-facing a wooden structure in which the siding is removed therefrom, in which an outer wall construction comprising grooved slabs arranged in superimposed courses having their vertical joints broken are employed, of horizontally disposed plates having inner fianged ends secured to the structure and outer ends which are flanged in both directions, one of the last mentioned flanges comprising spaced elements and both of the last mentioned flanges designed to be received in the grooves of the superimposed slabs, other flanges on the plates holding the slabs in spaced relation, a channeled member secured to the lower plate and passing through the upper plate of each series, a spacer plate for the channeled members engaging therewith and engaging with the mentioned plates, and said channeled memhers being disposed along the vertical joints of the wall and serving as a passage for concrete to be delivered between the joints of the slabs, and also as a mold for such concrete when set.

In testimony whereof E afiix my signature.

FRANK DECKER. 

